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Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979

Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979

David A. Cook
4/5 ( ratings)
The American film industry transformed itself during the 1970s: a new order emerged out of the chaos of the former studio system. A new rating system freed directors to explore serious subjects but allowed for the expansion of exploitation films as well. So while unprecedented social and political commentary emanated from the film-school-trained "New Hollywood" auteurs, the bigger change was the major studios' embrace of sensationalist content, mass advertising, and saturation booking. The methods of fringe exploitation producers became the norm.

Some of the films discussed in this book include: Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, Carnal Knowledge, Straw Dogs, A Clockwork Orange, Mean Streets, The Conversation, Nashville, Shampoo, Taxi Driver, and Apocalypse Now.
Language
English
Pages
717
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of California Press
Release
March 15, 2002
ISBN
0520232658
ISBN 13
9780520232655

Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979

David A. Cook
4/5 ( ratings)
The American film industry transformed itself during the 1970s: a new order emerged out of the chaos of the former studio system. A new rating system freed directors to explore serious subjects but allowed for the expansion of exploitation films as well. So while unprecedented social and political commentary emanated from the film-school-trained "New Hollywood" auteurs, the bigger change was the major studios' embrace of sensationalist content, mass advertising, and saturation booking. The methods of fringe exploitation producers became the norm.

Some of the films discussed in this book include: Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, Carnal Knowledge, Straw Dogs, A Clockwork Orange, Mean Streets, The Conversation, Nashville, Shampoo, Taxi Driver, and Apocalypse Now.
Language
English
Pages
717
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of California Press
Release
March 15, 2002
ISBN
0520232658
ISBN 13
9780520232655

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